It might be what it looks like, but if you can get past that Angel Stone offers a lot of simple grindy fun.

Despite some pacing and loading issues, this is a game with a good, solid and inventive soul that offers a unique and enjoyable take on rhythm gaming for the persevering gamer.

Mushroom Wars 2 does everything pretty well, but what it does isn't the most exciting combination of ideas.

A flawed but enjoyable romp, saved in part by a fun multiplayer mode, Wild Blood isn't vintage Gameloft, but it's entertaining in small chunks.

A well-made tower defence game that, for a free-to-play title, comes at a high price. Alien Creeps TD is fully featured but a tad expensive.

While particularly savvy players are unlikely to find anything especially innovative in Machineers, the amount of care that’s gone into this blend of existing ideas is noteworthy, with an experience tainted only by its need for further fleshing out.

Providing both action-based and tactical gameplay, Glory Days 2: Brotherhood of Men brings a new, innovative experience to DS wargaming.

Captivating art and fun gameplay come together in this runner. With a few tweaks to the controls, this will be an extremely solid title.

Hindsight is a bittersweet narrative journey featuring gorgeous 3D scenes and fantastic voice acting. The gameplay feels a little lacking and the story hammers on the same point repetitively after a while, but it certainly packs an emotional punch in the end.

This feels a bit retro, but still holds up as a solid dungeon crawler.

A novel combination of physics gameplay and creative online scoring, Finger Physics: Thumb Wars could stand for more polished level design.

Too simple a set up to stretch out across an entire game, Egg vs. Chicken is nonetheless an entertaining match-three battler, even if it comes to the boil a little too quickly.

A well presented freemium take on Theme Park-style games, Tiny Tower wins plaudits for its early activity and quirky nature, but lacks long-term compulsion.

Chillaxian delivers what its name promises: an arcade shooter that manages to be challenging and mellow.

A clever, unique top-down shooter that is ultimately enjoyable, if only for a short while.

Snoopy's Street Fair is a solid iOS freemium title that's hampered by its emphasis on grinding.

Super Bomberman R offers the trademark multiplayer battling fun, but doesn't do anywhere near enough to justify the price tag.

Mighty Switch Force is clever, charming, and fun, but feels more like a prototype than a full game.

The surreal puzzles of "HOOK" are quite a bit more taxing than they first appear. And I'm totally okay with that..

Shuffle Cats offers similar thrills to multiplayer hit Clash Royale, but punishes you financially for playing poorly - and that's not very nice.

Front Mission may not pack a full house of tactical depth, but that doesn't prevent it from dealing an easy and enjoyable introduction to the genre.

Temple of Spikes is one of the cruelest games I've played, and if you're into that sort of thing you're going to love it.

A neat enough recreation of cricket, and it's free so you may as well have a crack.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier brings back the 'family values' feel desperately missing since Season One, but still fails to avoid Telltale's typical quirks and downfalls.

While combat needs fine-tuning, the exploration and platform side of Shadow Guardian make it an enjoyable play.

Unassuming apart from its scale, Pinball HD nevertheless shows that pinball is enjoyable on iPad.

Robokill is an engrossing hybrid RPG-shooter that calls to mind classics of both genres, but it never reaches the same heights of either.

Whilst its insanely steep difficultly level will alienate many, there's enough bullet-dodging action and excellent retro polish to ensure the hardcore will be satisfied.